Free Spirit Academy Podcast

Rande Moss
  • 5.0 (24)
  • MENTAL HEALTH
  • UPDATED BIMONTHLY
Free Spirit Academy Podcast

Free Spirit Academy is about the freedom to be fully yourself beyond any trauma that may have been accumulated through our families, religions, education systems, cultural conditioning, and beyond. Our bodies hold our trauma, but they also hold our truth.  My name is Rande Moss, I'm a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Eating Psychology Coach. I'm so grateful you're here for these talks and conversations. 

  1. Healing Doesn't Happen in a Hurry (the truth about emotional, compulsive, and binge eating)

    09/07/2023

    Healing Doesn't Happen in a Hurry (the truth about emotional, compulsive, and binge eating)

    Healing doesn't happen in a hurry. The hurry to be healed, integrated, enlightened, free, arrived...it's not as neat and tidy as a lot of self-help books or before-and-after photos might suggest.  It's more like, the harder we try to fix things, the harder our nervous systems work to keep us where things are familiar. Whereas, if we can slow down with ourselves, right  in the behavior or with the part of us we hate or struggle with most, we can get to know it. There are often so many unknown steps in a healing process that we couldn't possibly plan them all out, let alone by a certain date. And often, the version of us that exists right here is the one most needing our acceptance and attention.In this episode, I talk about the desperation and hurry I felt to "fix" my binge and emotional eating. I'll also share about the parts of myself I'd have missed meeting if the "hurry" had worked. Links:Work with RandeFree Spirit Academy on Instagram

    8 min

  2. 08/31/2023

    The Top 10 Mistakes I Made On My Healing Journey.

    THE TOP 10 MISTAKES I’VE MADE ON MY HEALING JOURNEY: Honestly, I cringe a bit using the words "healing" OR "journey" because the internet is so oversaturated with wellness or spiritual teachers. I'm not interested in making "healing" my whole personality, but simultaneously I have always had this deep interest in why things hurt. What any kind of pain, emotional, mental, or physical, is saying. and coming from a background of religious and family trauma, being queer and undiagnosed neurodivergent, and all of the ways those pains spiraled out - into years of an eating disorder, self-harm, depression, anxiety, dissociation, and chronic health symptoms...I became fixated at some point on what it would take to feel free.  So whether I like the term or not, I found myself on a "healing journey" that I would say began when I got fired from my door to door missionary job and started removing myself from my church and toxic family patterns. I was in the thick of struggling with food and my body and had sooooo much accumulated trauma that it was just my "normal"...but taking those steps felt incredible. In fact, something I wish I could have told myself at various points is that there's no "heaven". There's no one point where all the things on all the levels are healed and you live happily ever after. Simultaneously, you don't have to WAIT until all the things on all the levels are healed to feel better.  Life, my body, my general state of being being better than they ever have been. As I thought back, I got to thinking about all the missteps and misunderstandings up until this point and I want to share them with you. Links:Work with RandeFree Spirit Academy on Instagram

    17 min

  3. 07/13/2023

    My Body is Not a Project | Solo Episode

    I love a project. I love working towards something. I think that's pretty human. But for a long time my body was my project. I grew up in a holistic, Seventh-Day Adventist, vegetarian home. we used homeopathy and natural remedies and drank carrot juice and ate homemade bread. To this day I LOVE the taste of barley green powder because I have early memories of drinking it as something that would support my health. I wanted to know about all the supplements in the kitchen cupboard and what they would do for me. I wanted to be strong so I ate spinach straight out of the can. There was an early connection with the fact that what you eat has an impact on how you feel.  Simultaneously alongside all this, my relationship with food was kinda weird...(Listen to this episode for more) Links:Work with RandeFree Spirit Academy on Instagram

    10 min

  4. 07/06/2023

    Navigating symptoms and flares without shame | Solo episode

    So many folks I see, and this was me too, attach goodness and morality to their health. If something is wrong, they feel wrong. They will spin into stories about how they're creating their own disease or this is going to turn into something far worse. Can you make some space for the fact that not all of the contributing factors were in your hands? Your genetics,  adverse childhood experiences, your environment and day to day stressors that accumulate. There are areas where we have choice and can learn to be empowered...and there are factors we don't have control over. There are elements, like childhood trauma, that weren't our fault but that  as adults we have quite a large degree of choice in how we address the effects. Having a sense of humor, when possible, can bring some lightness to what can be a serious and heavy healing process. Life is very short. Literally no amount of it needs to be spent beating yourself up anymore. That time would be better spent taking care of that part of you that so automatically goes into shame. Then, just coming back to what you best know works for you. again and again and again.  Links:Work with RandeFree Spirit Academy on Instagram

    14 min

  5. 06/29/2023

    Unlearning shame after a lifetime of binge eating | Solo episode

    Today I'm talking about the ways that shame lived in my body and fed into the cycle of binge eating and disembodied practices with food. I'll also talk about making my body safe enough to finally feel the shamed parts of me so that they could be understood and come to a more whole and free place.  Links:Work with RandeFree Spirit Academy on Instagram

    12 min

  6. 06/23/2023

    Why I was numb and how I learned to feel again | Solo episode

    For a huge chunk of my life, trauma had left me flat, numb, and unable to feel what was going on in my body. In today's episode I talk about the seemingly "normal" experiences that can lead to an overwhelmed nervous system, the symptoms or carrying stored survival energy, impulses, and emotions with us over a long period of time, and the symptoms that can occur as a result. Links:Work with RandeFree Spirit Academy on Instagram

    19 min

  7. 08/25/2022

    Food is Medicine, But it isn't Everything with Sarah Hook

    Today I'm speaking with Holistic Health and Root Cause Practitioner Sarah Hook. Sarah and I have been connected online since our early wellness blogging days when we were certain we had it all figured out. Some years ago Sarah was bit by a tick and developed severe Lyme disease, causing her to question what she knew about wellness. We talk about what it's like to need food restrictions after healing from an eating disorder as well as the ways in which we can get in our own way with our attempts at healing.I hope you enjoy and feel supported by this episode.Links:Sarah and The Healing Place on InstagramRande Moss WellnessFree Spirit Academy InstagramFree Spirit Academy CoursesThe Feeling Files Podcast Links:Work with RandeFree Spirit Academy on Instagram

    54 min

  8. 11/09/2021

    Chronic Illness, Healing Diets, & Disordered Eating | Solo Episode

    Is it possible to take on a healing diet or a supportive protocol with a history of disordered eating?Is there a way to have a healthy, alive relationship with food that's also intentional? Is restriction 100% bad news in all cases?Today I'm sharing my personal experiences with chronic illness, having a background of disordered eating from a young age. I'm excited to share this with you and hope it brings you more peace and freedom in your relationship with food and your body! Links:Work with RandeFree Spirit Academy on Instagram

    12 min
See All (53)

5
out of 5
24 Ratings

About

Free Spirit Academy is about the freedom to be fully yourself beyond any trauma that may have been accumulated through our families, religions, education systems, cultural conditioning, and beyond. Our bodies hold our trauma, but they also hold our truth.  My name is Rande Moss, I'm a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Eating Psychology Coach. I'm so grateful you're here for these talks and conversations. 

Information

  • Creator
    Rande Moss
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2023
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Free Spirit Academy Podcast
  • Show Website
    Free Spirit Academy Podcast

To listen to explicit episodes, sign in.

Stay up to date with this show

Sign in or sign up to follow shows, save episodes, and get the latest updates.
Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

Asia Pacific

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

The United States and Canada